Additive Flow – Generative Design Software

We create software for Advanced Additive Manufacturing.

To empower engineers to unlock next-level performance in 3D printing.

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Functionally graded geometry optimisation for multi-material 3D printing

Our software lies at the intersection of material science, machine learning and computational geometry.

Benefits

We handle the complexity that's intrinsic to 3D printing.

The
Problem

New technologies are emerging at an exponential pace. This means that new products can be created that were not possible before. Whilst this is a huge opportunity current tools cannot leverage these due to the increased complexity.

Our
Solution

Our AI enabled tools introduces a paradigm shift in how products are conceived. Based on user-defined targets and physics driven optimisation we are able to harness the latest 3D printing capabilities whilst keeping complexity manageable.

Additive Manufacturing will be a key contributor towards a sustainable world, our software is accelerating that.

About us

Working towards a sustainable future

We see a future where engineers are free from constraints with access to tools that handle the complexity of design for manufacture and enhances their intelligence. Ultimately, allowing them to focus on the objectives that really matters.

70% of engineers cited lack of knowledge for not using Additive Manufacturing*, our conviction is that we need smarter tools to better understand risk and harness the full potential of this technology.

*Jabil, 3D Printing Trends: Five Major Developments

Advanced capabilities

Supercharge your design into the 21st century.

We enable functional gradients, through material and geometrical optimisation.

Whether you're working with metals, composites or ceramics, our tools can help maximise performance and manufacturability.

Our offerings

We empower engineers and designers

Multi-Material
Design Software

We have a two core software solutions; Formflow is a windows application and Fireflow which is a plug-in for Rhino CAD. Get in touch using the button below for a tailored demo.

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Consultancy
Services

Additive Flow has expertise to unleash the potential of multi-material additive manufacturing in your development process. Work with our experts to discover opportunities, design new products, and deliver at scale.

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Material Exploration
& Development

Whether you're looking for the right blend of polymers or an advanced alloy for 3D printing, we have the know-how to make it happen. Complete the questionnaire below and we'll be in touch.

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Our collaborators

Helping them drive innovation

Additive Flow’s breakthrough technology has massive potential to help us deliver on our vision to enable every human to move as they wish - saving us development costs and time, while suggesting practical designs at the limit of what is possible.
Naveed Parvez
CEO of Andiamo
HSSMI is leading new ways to produce auto components faster and more sustainably with the help of Additive Flow's technology and expertise. The future of AM lies with the development of new materials and processes. ,
Stavros Tsitsopoulos
Technical Lead | Additive Manufacturing: HSSMI
The Center and Additive Flow are excited to be working together with a common vision, to realize the potential of ‘digital reinvention’ of products and services, through leveraging Additive Manufacturing capabilities.
Dr. Felix Wunner
Digital Business Integration Consultant, Digital, Industry X.0, Accenture IIoT Innovation Center

Who we've worked with

We're honored to have been selected.

Our team

Scientists, Engineers and Innovators.

Alexander
Pluke

CEO, Co-Founder

1st Class PPE from Durham.

Driven by the innovation potential of AM, he invented and built novel 3D Printers. He has developed and filed patents for hardware, AI control and optimisation software for AM.

Charles
Fried

CTO, Co-Founder

MSc. Computational Architecture, UCL

Industrial and computational designer with 13+ years experience in Digital Manufacturing.

Ishay
Rosenthal

Head of Product

MSc. Architectural Computation, UCL

Multidisciplinary developer with Background in Architecture, Computational design, and Mechanics.

James
Lee

Application Engineer

Chartered Mechanical Engineer

Experienced innovation leader and prolific designer within spectroscopy, industrial, and electronics.

Elitsa
Dimitrova

Software Developer

MA Architecture

Architect and software developer with experience in computational design and developing software for 3D modelling.

Our board

Catherine
Brown

Chairman

Board Member UK Govt Cabinet. Previously Group Strategy Director at Lloyds, Director of HR at Bank of England, COO at Apax Partners.

Anthony
Headlam

Non-Executive Director

Advising E.ON, Previously CTO of Jaguar Land Rover, multiple Director roles at Vodafone.

F.A.Q.

We're here to help.

Are you looking to improve product performance?

Geometrical optimisation is a widely adopted process, however our software includes material(s) as an extra design variable. This drastically increases the search space and creates significant performance gains.

Do you wish you could further light-weight your components?

Whether through the the use of a custom material or our topology optimisation algorithm, reducing component mass without compromising on performance is core to our systems.

Did you know you could design with multiple-materials?

One of the main drivers for the adoption of Additive Manufacturing is the ability to reduce the number of components in an assembly. By considering multiple materials in the same component we're able to further augment this capability.

Do you wish you could automate the validation process?

In most widely available tools, configuring and running simulations can be a tedious process requiring skilled experts. We've condensed this process into user-friendly UI and automated the validation of different materials in parallel. This means we've cut the time spent on validation by 90%.

Can I use my own material database?

Our software was built from the ground up with this modularity, customers can directly import their database as a CSV file.

What simulation types do you have available?

We're rapidly expanding our capabilities and we currently support linear elasticity, heat conduction, modal analysis and fatigue analysis.

What input files do you support?

We currently support STP, STL 3MF, and MSH. Get in touch if you have other requirements.

What exports do you support?

Formflow exports 3MF, STL, PNG and full report containing all the data of your simulation.

Fireflow exports all files supported by Rhino and Gcode directly from our plugin.